Gate.



J; E. HE-NRIS.

GATE.

` APPLICATIONFILED MAY I7 |916.

Patented ont. 2, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l aridsitatel of"'Cali -forr1ia;fhave,iuvehted newr l thefollojwig is aspeei'catiouw This 4invention relatesht' gates Taildpa tieularly tzthat 'class'f'fof gates Whieliarfv adapted to f bepperatedf' by af.person seated;` f

y in a, vehicler Witheutriecessityefdismeuiit! 1 With `these end--eeher'endein Viewlwhjiehl and y.useful lmprveehtsfih' Gates;1 of which The pre'eenelinventi'o Afef fermes; ebfeee ejf eeiefievee'eieef ie te with the gate actuating` meaiis;`

will `readily appear as 'the'nature *f the invenden-1e better understood; the Seme eeniuesereeed -eeim'ple eed' preferred LA-feeme'f 4 the 'inveiltioiigj it j being,.g-hvvever,` understodV that frio l'imi'tatin vis` necessarily Iliade ,to the preciseA structural" 'details therein4 exhibited; `butfthat -'cliagesgalterations andf niqdie'af-i' tiosfwitlin the scopef the/claims mayjberesorted to wher;Y desired;- 7 "Iuthevdrawingsg-if Fig. aie 'e `eide elevati@ ehewiegehefgefe;

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dista'ile'e from "theffirst iiientieried r'o'ck Shaft lifting the `gate and swinging it 'between the uprights 15 from its open to its closed position, or vice versa, the arm 26 of the rock shaft serving to yraise the gate and to steady the movement thereof.

Supported on the sills 18 intermediate the rock shafts 23 and 25, and relatively near the first mentioned of said rock shafts which, as hereinbefore stated, extends between the lower ends of the uprights 15 is a third rock shaft 28 having :arms 29 that extend in Athe direction of the rock shaft 25, said arms being preferably weighted, as indicated at 30, so that they will normally .rest on the sills. Formed .on the rock shaft 2S is a yoke or crank 31 which is bent upward with respect to the arms 29 so as to lie in an inclined plane when the `arms 29 rest on the sills. This device constitutes a locking `device or latch for the gate, it being so pro portioned and arranged that the yoke or crank 31, when the kgate is closed, as in Fig.

1, will lie adjacent to and in the path of the heel portion of said gate, the heel consisting of the corner portion at the lower end ofthe cleat 22. rllhe parts are to be, furthermore, so proportioned .that if the gate should be moved in an opening direction by actuating one of the levers 17 to swing the arms 24, 24, the lifting` movement of the gate caused thereby will not be sufficient to clear the yoke or crank 31, the latter thus forming an obstruction to the opening of the gate.

For the purpose of moving the latch device to a non-obstructing position, flexible elements, such as cords 32, are employed, said elements being connected with the ends of the arms 29 and guided through eyes 33 on the arms 24, 24. rlhe flexible elements 32 are also guided through the eyes or guide elements 34 at the outer ends of the levers 17 from which the said flexible elements are permitted to depend, as shown, being preferably provided with knobs or handles 35 whereby they may be conveniently seized for the purpose of pulling the Sallie.

A stop member 36 is provided to limit the swinging movement of the latch device. Said stop member may be in the nature of a cross piece extending between the sills 18 and lying in the path of the crank or yoke 3l, the object being to interrupt the movement of the latch device when the latter has been rocked sufficiently to permit the gate to clear the yoke 31, after which stress eX- erted on the flexible element 32 will be expended for the purpose of rocking the lever to produce swinging movement of the gate.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation land .advantages of this invention will bie readily understood. It will be seen that a person approaching the gate from either side, by seizing hold of the depending end of `one of the flexible elements '32 and pulling the same will first act-nate the latch device to move the yoke 3l .out of the path ofthe gate; a'continued pull on the flexible element will then tilt When the gate is to be swung or moved from i its open to its closed position, the operation is simply repeated, the tilting movement of the arm or arms 24, 24 being now uti lized to swing the gate in the opposite direction. If the flexible element 32 is released before the gate reaches its closed position, the .arms 29 of the latch device will gravitate in the direction of .the sills, and the yoke. 31 will be moved to an upwardly inclinedl position, as vseen in Fig. 6,; this, however, will not prevent the gate from reaching its closed position because the weight of the gate will ztilt the .latch device suiiciently to permit the ,passage thereof, the'latchdevice being immediately afterward restored to its Aobstructing position with respect to the gate by the weight 30.

' Having thus described the invention,what is `claimed as new, isz- 1.. A gate, tiltable arms supporting the gate for swinging movement, means for operatingthe arms yto 4swing the ,gate from open to lclosed position, and vice versa, a latch device consisting of a rock shaft fulcrumed adjacent to the gate and having weighted arms extending in kone direction, and a yoke .extending in the opposite direction at an .angle to said arms and positioned in the path of the heel portion of the gate, and means for rocking the latch device to move the yoke to a non-obstructing position with respect to the gate. 4

2. A gate, tiltablearms supporting the gate for swinging movement, means for operating the arms to swing the gate .from open to closed position, and vice versa,.a latch device consisting 4of .a rock shaft fulcrumed adjacent to the gate and having weighted arms extending in 'one direction, and a yoke extending in the opposite direction at an angle to said arms and positioned in the pat-h of the heel portion of the gate,

andk means for rocking the Ilatch device to move the yoke to fa non-obstructing position with respect to the gate, said means being operatively connected with the gate operating means so as to be operated simultaneously therewith.

3. In a device of the class described, a pair of sills, uprights rising therefromand connected by a cross bar, operating levers fulcrumed on the cross bar and having inner and outer arms, a gate panel, a rock shaft mounted on vthe sills 'and extending between lili() iii-5 the liprights, --said rockl'haft having anni' extending at one 'fside oiithegate panel andi',-

conneoted pivotally With the upper middle portion thereof, and another armat the other side of the gate panel,saidarms having guide journaled on the 'sills andhaving Weighted]y l arms extending in one direction and a yoke extending in the other 'direction and lbent upward in the path of the heel portion of f the gate, iexible elements onnected with d Copies of thisvpatent :nay b obtained for vefcents4 each,v by addressvingith "wommissioner 'of Patients,

arms at opposite" sides `of the ygate and` ';.through the guide elements on thel-oter d garmswof the levers and having pendent ends,

and flexiblerelements connecting the inner 2C 'arrnfs` of'the levers Awith the armsxat `they f `oppos'itesides ofthe' gate havingithe guide j elements. l Y

In ytestimony .whereof I afxniy signature. v

' 'JOHNEHKI-I'ENRIS..V

'Washingtom DLC. 

